Reversible metal window



v June 10, 1924.

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NETE@ LEROY B. resaca, or cnavmun, omo.

REVERSIBLE METAL WINDOW.

application med april 1o, 1923. seriai m. 631,200.

l citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Reversible Metal lli/vindows, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to metal windows and casings thereof, and has forits object to provide a window in which the sashes swing on horizontalpivots so that they can be reversed for cleaning purposes or opened toany extent desired, and in which the parts are so constructed andarranged that the window will stay in the'positiou in which it is set. t

The invention may be embodied in various forms, some of which areillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a artialfront elevation of one form.- Fig. 2 1s a. vertical section with thesash closed. Fig. 3 is a similar view with the sash open. Figs. 1 and 5are'horizontal sectionsen larged, on the lines 4 4 and 5-5 of Fig. 2.Fig. 6 is a partial front elevation of another form. Fig. 7 is avertical section of Fig. 6. Fi 8 is a similar View to Fig.`7 with thesas es in open position. Fig. 9 is a' detail in section of anothermodification. Figs. 10

and 11 are details in perspective of parts.

shown in Fig. 9.

ln the form shown in Figs. 1 to 3 the upper sash swings inwardly and thelower sash swin outwardly, and referring particularly t ereto, 6indicates the masonry in which the casing is set. This casing includesside frames 7 which are stepped and anged to form guides, and these sidepieces extend the full length of the Window. The side pieces areconnected" at the top by a cross frame 8 and at the bottom by a sillplate 9, the inner edge of which is flanged.

upwardly as at 10 and then outwardly as at 11 for a purpose to bedescribed. l

linasmuch as the lower sash swings outwardly and the upper sash swingsinwardly, the sides of the former must be spaced from the casing asucient distance to enable the sash to clear the adjacent masonry at thesides, and'for this reason the lower half of the Window has at each sidea face plate 72 which covers a space suficient to permit the outwardswing of the lower sash, as willbe evident from Fig. 5.

The upper sash is indicated at A and the lower sash at B, the sash frameconsisting of two angle plates 12 and 13 in the upper sash and 12a and13a in the lower sash, between the :Ganges of which the glass 14 is 60set. Referring to the upper sash, it has a weather strip piece 15attached to the outer side of the frame 12 and projecting in position toenter a recess 16 between one of the faces of the casing 7 and a flange17 on a 65 bead or facing piece 18 which extends up beside the Windowand is setvin or otherwise liXed to the masonry. This piece 18 also hasa recess 19 in which the projecting edge 2() of the frame 12 iits'toassist in sealing the joint, 70 a double seal being thus formed by thepieces 15 and 20 ittingwithin the spaces or grooves in the casingmembers. I

A roller 21 is mounted on a :pin 22 projecting from each piece 15, andthis roller 75 travels in a guide in the casing formed by the frame 7and an angle piece 23 `secured thereto. The lower edge of sash A thusmoves up and down with the roller 21 as the sash is opened or closed. Alink 24 is e0 pivoted at 25 to the casing, at one end and is pivoted at26 at the other end to a tubular lever member 27 in which slides a bar28. lThe member 27 is offset at one end as indicated at 29 and pivotedat 30to the 85 Side frame l2 of the sash A.. The bar 28 has a head 31connected by a fixed pivot to the casing 7 near the top of the latter,and the bar 28 slides with some frictien 'in the member 27, forming atelescoping lever cona0 nected at one end to the casing and at the otherend. to the sashyand also connected by the link 24 to the fixed pivot 25on the casing.

By means of this construction the sash A a5 may be swung to open orclosed position. When swung to closed position, the roller 21 travels inits guide downwardly and the out.

tube 27 slides upwardly on the bar 28, whereby the sash closes tovertical position with the lever and link substantially parallel and thedanges 15 and20 enter the recesses to make a weather-tight joint, asindicated l1n lEig. d. rllo open the sash, the top is pulled The ed'ectof this is to draw the tube 27 outwardly on the bar 28, and each roller21 rides in its guide upwardly so that the sash can be set at any angledesired or com pletely reversed so that the outside of the glass isaccessible for cleaning purposes.

'llhe lower sash B 4swings outwardly by similar arrangement, except thatthe lever is pivoted at 32a near the bottom of the casing, and at theother end the telescopic tube 28 is pivoted to the sash, and to make thejoint vthe sash trame 1?2L is extended inward ly as at 13b to t in arecess 13 formed in a piece 40 which is set in the casing behind thetace plate 12 and is properly stepped and provided with an angle bar 41to form.-

a guide for a roller 2l.a which travels up and down in a manner similarto that above described'and the sash is spaced inwardly a sucientdistance to swing outwardly and clear the adjacent masonry.

The lower bar t7 of the sash B is flanged upwardly as indicated at 4:2to engage under the lip 11 of the sill 9, and also has a down wardlyprojecting ange 43 which stops against the sill thereby making a tightjoint when the sash is closed. 'lhe lower bar of the upper sash also hasa lip 4st which covers the joint betweenV the sashes when they areclosed as shown in Big. 2.

l'n the modied form shown in Figs. 6 and 7, both sashes open inwardly,hence the construction is the same as that above described with respectto the sash A, the lower sash B being equipped with the same arrangementof telescoping levers and links as that disclosed with respect to thesash A, the spacing plates l2 and other parts associated with the sash Bbeing omitted. However, in this term, the lower bar 50 of the upper sashhas a groove on its under side which receives a rib 51 on the upper barof the lower sash B when the sashes are closed, and the lower bar 52 ofthe sash B is grooved to receive a rib 53 on the sill plate 9a. 'llheseribs do not interitere with the swinging movement of the sash, becausewhen the upper sash is opened, its first movement is to lift slightly,just after it begins to swing inwardly, withdraw ing the bar 50 fromengagement with the rib 5l and permitting the complete swing of thesash, and then the lower sash B may be swung, and lifted'to clear thelower bar 52 from the rib 53. Thereupon both sashes may be swung to openposition as shown in.

Fig. 8, or completely reversed if desired.

Figs. 9, 10, yand 11 illustrate a modification with respect to the meansfor assembling the members oit the casing. ln this torni, each agencesside piece 7 of the casing is slitted to maire od-set tongues 7a at itsinner edge, and these tongues are setin a dove-tail groove 18C' in thebead member 18, thereby locking the casing and the external bead. 'lhebead may be slid onto the casing endwise or it may be assembled byexpanding the flange at the side of the recess 18 and then pressing thesame inwardly to grip the casing to complete the dove-tail joint.

By the means described, a metal window and casing can be constructed sothat it can be easily swung to open or closed position, and thefriction, es ecially between the telescoping lever mem ers, will besuicient to hold the sash in any position, which action is assisted bythe manner et pivoting the parts., f

ll claim:

1. The combination with a window casing and sash, the sash having a pinat the side which travels in a vertical guide in the side of the casing,of a telescoping lever pivoted at one end to the casing and at the otherend to the sash, and a pivoted linh connection between the lever and thecasing.

2. 'lhe combination with a window cas= ing and sash, the sash having apin at the side which travels in a vertical guide in the side of thecasing, oi a telescoping lever piv-a oted at one end to the casing andat the other end to the sash, and a pivoted link connection between thelever and the casing, the link being arranged to swing to substantialparallelism with the lever when the sash is closed.

3, The combination with a window casq in and sash, the sash having a pinat the si e which travels in a vertical guide in tho side ot the casing,of a telescbping lever piv oted at one end to the casing and at theother end to the sash, and a pivoted link connes tion between the leverand the casing, the link being pivoted to the casing at a distance fromthe point at which the lever is pivoted to the casing.

l. 'llhe combination with a window cael ing and sash, the sash having apin at the side which travels in a vertical guide in the side of thecasing, of a telescoping lever piv= oted at one end tothe casing and atthe other end to the sash, and a pivoted link connesj tion between thelever and the casing, the telescopin lever comprising inner and outermembers s idable with respect to each other, and the link being pivotedto the outer member.

5. 'lhe combination with a casing, or? upper and lower horizontalswinging sashes therein, and a lever and link connection bex tween theside of each sash and the casing, the sides of the one sash being spacedinwardly from the casing a sucient distance to clear the outside of thecasing, so that it ma be swung outwardly, and a pair oli tace pilatesbeside the outwardly swinging sash and covlink pivoted at one end to thelever and at 10 ering the space between the sides of the sash the otherend to the casing at each side of the and the sides of the casing.latter. Y

6. The combination with a casing, the side In testimony whereof, I aixmy signature members of which have vertical guides, of a. in presence oftwo witnesses.

sash having rollers at the sides thereof which LEROY B. TAYLOR. travelin said guides, an extensible lever piv- WVitnesses: oted at one end tothe casing and at the other JOHN A. BOMMHARDT,

end to a sash at each side of the latter, and a G. V. ROSENBERG.

